A fact from Lesley Paterson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 February 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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“This is Lesley Patterson , she won a BAFTA on Sunday for best adapted screenplay but the BBC cut her acceptance speech from the programme . They found time for inane interviews backstage, but not the story of how a 3 times World Champion Triathlete became a BAFTA winning scriptwriter. On retiring as an elite sportswoman, she was asked “ What’s next “ she replied “ I am going to move half way across the world from my home here in Scotland become a scriptwriter and win an Oscar . 2A01:4C8:1084:3113:D1C1:5FCB:D5E7:6903 (talk) 07:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It is true that the BBC censored both Paterson's speech and Stokell's, but there is nothing worth using in that Facebook post, nor the Facebook page it points to. The Facebook material is full of inaccuracies, for example, she still hasn't retired from elite sport. I happen to be a lifelong pacifist and anti-war activist, and am well aware that the BBC is paranoid about anything "anti-war". The BBC exists to promote the official narrative, so it doesn't surprise me that it would take precautions so as to be able to cut her speech. I've been unable to find a clip of her speech, but I doubt she would have said anything objectionable, even to the warmongers at the BBC. Paterson herself doesn't seem to be bothered by her speech being cut. Quote: “But at the end of the day, I haven’t gotten this far by being negative about little things like that. I’m a positive positive person, I’m so, so happy with what’s happened, it is what it is and hopefully I’ll get to say a speech at the Oscars.” --NSH001 (talk) 18:20, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
